Curated category
Dark ages
- Middle AgesIn 476, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed by a Germanic chieftain named Odoacer.
- Early Middle AgesIn 378, the Roman army suffered its most shattering defeat since the Battle of Cannae at Adrianople. Emperor Valens died in that battle, and the core forces…
- Migration PeriodThe Migration Period spans from 300 to 600 AD, though some historians extend the boundaries as early as 300 and as late as 800.
- Dark Ages (historiography)In the 1330s, an Italian scholar named Petrarch looked back at centuries of history and saw only shadows. He wrote that amidst errors there shone forth men…